EL SEGUNDO — When it come to LeBron James, the NBA’s all-time minutes leader who is entering an unprecedented 23rd season in the league, Lakers coach JJ Redick said the team is entering “uncharted territory.”

So when it comes to getting him prepared for the 2025-26 season, James and the Lakers plan to have a slow ramp-up period, which included the 40-year-old James not participating in the team’s first training camp practice on Tuesday.

“In talking with performance and in talking with Mike [Mancias, James’ his longtime athletic trainer and the Lakers’ athletic performance liaison] and LeBron, [James] probably did too much last year in camp,” Redick said on Tuesday. “Which was great for me as a first-year head coach to get buy-in from him. But it’ll be a slower process with him leading in

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